Munchkins and Mary Poppins visit Miss Haversham’s house – Dress up day at Queen’s Gate School
18th April 2016
On Thursday, we all dressed up as our favourite characters from books and we saw many extravagant costumes. It was … Read More
Queen’s Gate School launch their first Readathon !
15th April 2016
Last week was our first-ever Reading Week. We had many fun events going on. Thanks to our lovely librarian, Mrs … Read More
When Young Ambassador Hannah met author Andy Cope
31st March 2016
What a Readathon Superfan says to her favourite Readathon Author Ambassador at QMC Nottingham: Welcome to this joint blog, … Read More
Working together. Rebecca Wilson, College Librarian, Huddersfield New College Library tells us how she approached her Readathon
28th March 2016
We provisionally set the end date for our Readathon as Monday 11th April, so first day back after the Easter … Read More
The challenge is set at Huddersfield New College Library; who will win The Page Turner Prize ?
25th March 2016
To help encourage our students to participate, whether reluctant or strong readers, we set up a Page Turner Prize where … Read More
Henry inspires a whole school
23rd March 2016
We visited the Readathon website & downloaded & used a lot of the extra materials found on there, such as … Read More
Our lovely, bright orange box got us so excited – Huddersfield New College Library launch their Readathon
21st March 2016
We first heard about Readathon from a leaflet about it in our World Book Day pack. As a firm fan … Read More
Leighterton Primary School place books at the heart of their kindness tree
18th March 2016
Our Readathon officially finished on Friday and we have already had some sponsor cards and money returned which is great. … Read More
Quick wins for Leighterton Primary School with their on-the-spot sponsored reads for an instant 50p!
16th March 2016
I reminded the children to keep on going with their Readathon in assembly today. I suggested that they could have … Read More
Library lending up (TICK), pupils discovering new authors (TICK), and on their way to a lifelong love of reading – TICK! Helen Cooper, Librarian at King Henry VIII School ticks all the boxes
11th February 2016
King Henry VIII School’s Readathon update: We’re breaking up for the half term holiday today and I’m trying … Read More
Helen Cooper, Librarian, King Henry VIII School celebrates a hushed Library full of Y7 pupils with their eyes glued to the pages of a book
10th February 2016
So we’re a week in to our month-long Readathon and things seem to be going well for Year 7. There’s … Read More
Pupils at King Henry VIII School are encouraged to challenge themselves
7th February 2016
After all the planning and anticipation, I was almost expecting a fanfare when I arrived in school this morning for … Read More